National Renewable Energy Laboratory

💡 Attention innovators with big ideas for advancing clean energy, sustainability, or other exciting initiatives from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s national labs: You could be awarded $100,000 worth of lab assistance and expertise through the TCF #OpenVoucherCall!   Join an informational webinar on July 18 to learn more about eligibility, submission requirements, and the eight national labs—including NREL—that are offering expertise to winners. Register now: https://bit.ly/4cFdwSC    

Growing in Sedona, Arizona you might find cacti, yucca, succulents—and electric vehicles. 🚗 The city of Sedona found new ways for their EV charging capacity to thrive thanks to their participation in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) peer-learning cohorts. “It gave me hope,” said Bryce Beck, Sedona’s sustainability manager. “It’s oftentimes that we are in a position where we are trying to change systems that have been the same for decades. It gives me inspiration that there are folks all over the place trying to make this happen, from small coalitions to cities to counties to states.” Growing in Sedona, Arizona you might find cacti, yucca, succulents—and electric vehicles. 🚗 The city of Sedona found new ways to build their EV charging capacity through participation in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) peer-learning cohorts. The C2C cohort helped Sedona: - Consider safety needs for EV infrastructure. 🔌 - Envision how to incorporate flexibility into building codes. 🏢 - Expand its network of connections across the state and beyond. 🤝 Learn more: https://bit.ly/3VFDXk0

Hydropower stakeholders now have more tools for exploring the costs and benefits of potential pumped storage hydropower (PSH) sites around the country. See how the latest update to the NREL-developed PSH Supply Curves tool expands how users can investigate PSH’s potential to contribute to decarbonization: bit.ly/NRELPSHSupplyCurves

Wish your Lyft from the airport was an electric vehicle? The NREL-led Athena ZEV project—in partnership with the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)—aims to tackle airports’ energy challenges by developing tools to help them electrify their operations and anticipate energy demand as they plan power upgrades. See how Athena ZEV’s goals to make your summer travel more sustainable⬇️

The Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project (ETIPP) technical assistance program puts communities in the driver’s seat to define their energy priorities and lead decision-making using insights from researchers at NREL and other national labs. But time is winding down to join this year’s cohort of island, remote, and coastal communities in ETIPP. Whether your community faces increasing energy costs, outages from extreme weather, or other energy challenges, we can help you understand viable options and chart a path toward a more sustainable future through ETIPP. In addition to technical assistance from our energy experts, communities accepted to the program this year will also receive up to $50,000 in direct funding to support their projects. Learn more about the 32 communities already advancing their energy resilience goals through ETIPP and apply before the July 10 deadline: https://bit.ly/ETIPPApp

The right circular economy strategies can help the United States move away from a take-make-waste economy and into a robust, sustainable one. Meet the winners of Phase 1 of the NREL-administered Re-X #BeforeRecycling Prize, who have identified promising strategies for keeping a diverse range of products out of landfills: bit.ly/45jXXgC

NREL modeling research shows that using phase change materials in existing #buildings could significantly enhance hours of occupant #safety during extreme weather events. Read about the recently published paper and more thermal #EnergyStorage research happening at NREL: https://bit.ly/3RWsBHh

Whether for biological production of hydrogen or solar conversion of light to electricity, electrons are arguably the most basic currency of energy transformation. NREL’s Advanced Spin Resonance Facility has electronic paramagnetic resonance spectrometers that peer into the mysteries of an organism at the electron level. Researchers can probe subatomic, electronic, and magnetic properties of biological chemical materials relevant to catalysis, energy transfer, and conversion. Learn more about how this facility is advancing applied R&D of systems for generating sustainable low-carbon fuels, chemicals, and electricity: https://bit.ly/3RBNsiR

Massive public and private investments are being made to support the buildout of EV charging #infrastructure in the United States, but efficient planning and deployment require sophisticated analysis to ensure convenient, reliable, affordable, and equitable #charging for all Americans. Enter NREL’s EVI-X modeling suite, the most sophisticated and comprehensive set of integrated EV charging infrastructure analysis tools available today. The EVI-X suite has the unparalleled ability to answer the most complex questions addressing every aspect of #EV charging—from network planning and site design to financial analysis—for every vehicle weight class—from sedans and SUVs to delivery vans, buses, and freight trucks—and at wide-ranging geographic scales—from a small town to the entire nation. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4bgV5CE 🚗 🚚 🚌 ⚡

How do high-power #electricvehicle charging systems respond to grid disturbances and smart-charge-management scenarios? That’s the focus of the NREL-led U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Electric Vehicles at Scale Lab Consortium Next-Generation Profiles project—and a new series of reports is now available with their latest findings. https://bit.ly/4cu5BqZ